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The usual uncertainty over budget negotiations, coupled with the debt-ceiling brinksmanship, mean contractors should be highly prepared. This as federal spending continues to set records.
April 25, 2023 -
Justice Department agency is failing at is own stated mission, but new leadership vows to correct things.
April 25, 2023 -
For Best Places to Work, the Energy Department moved from 14th place in the 2021 rankings up to eighth place this year for midsize agencies. The agency’s human capital leader says it’s all about encouraging — and acting on — employee feedback.
April 24, 2023 -
Clare Martorana, the federal chief information officer chairwoman of the Technology Modernization Fund Board, and Raylene Yung, the executive director of the Technology Modernization Fund, say they are giving lawmakers more details and briefings about the progress and impact of the investments.
April 24, 2023 -
Congress last week took up several issues close to the federal bureaucracy. There was the Small Business Administration and its struggles with defaulted COVID loans, the Veterans Affairs Department and its troubled Electronic Health Record project, and the [Government Accountability Office (GAO's) High-Risk List.
April 24, 2023 -
The Biden administration recently declared a new approach to federal regulation it said would modernize and streamline it.
April 21, 2023 -
The Office of Inspector General at Housing and Urban Development is boosting efforts to end sexual abuse and unsanitary conditions in HUD-backed housing.
April 21, 2023 -
A new model aims to allocate DoD's limited facility sustainment dollars toward buildings where the funding can do the most good. But the funding model itself is subject to budget challenges, and might not be ready until 2026.
April 21, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The Postal Service’s regulator is reviewing the agency’s plans to consolidate its delivery network. The Secret Service has a new deputy director. And lawmakers are still trying to figure out what to do about the troubled rollout of the VA's new Electronic Health Record.
April 21, 2023 -
A senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary committee has demanded that U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram address allegations of improper hiring and contracting of her past associates. The request Thursday by Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa follows an investigation by The Associated Press finding that a federal watchdog is investigating whether strict federal rules on no-bid contracting and hiring may have been violated to channel DEA work to Milgram’s associates. The scrutiny by the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General comes as the DEA is struggling with repeated revelations of agent misconduct and a fentanyl crisis claiming more than 100,000 overdose deaths a year.
April 20, 2023 -
Yes, there's been an arrest in the latest document leak, but can the government get to the heart of why it keeps happening?
April 20, 2023 -
16 of the 37 federal programs and governmentwide challenges on GAO’s 2023 high risk list improved, according to the latest biennial report the agency published Thursday.
April 20, 2023 -
The Biden administration has proposed new ways to classify people for the 2030 census, with more racial groups than ever.
April 20, 2023 -
For 25 years, IT giant IBM has operated a government focused think tank. It's called the IBM Center for the Business of Government. To commemorate the Silver Anniversary, the center is holding an essay contest.
April 20, 2023 -
The SBA decision not to pursue repayment on defaulted PPP and EIDL loans worth less than $100,000 is raising some oversight eyebrows.
April 20, 2023